Homemade BBQ sauce but with ukwaju (tamarind). Just perfect. Combination of sweet, sour and tangy.
Extremely easy to prepare and needs just a few ingredients.
For the ukwaju paste, you can either make your own by soaking ukwaju in some hot water or you can buy. I used the one by umai organic.
For the BBQ sauce, just combine all the ingredients in a sauce and stir to dissolve the brown sugar. Allow to come to a gentle boil and remove from the heat.
When making your own BBQ sauce you can play around with different spices and herbs. I worked with onion powder but garlic powder is also good or even adding some minced garlic cloves. Rosemary is also a good herb to use.
Once the sauce is done, allow to cool completely before jarring it. Keep refrigerated. It lasts about 2 weeks.
The sauce is perfect for all kinds of meat to use as a glaze for grills. Can also be used as a pizza sauce.
Homemade Ukwaju BBQ Sauce
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/3 cup ukwaju (tamarind) paste
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 1 tablespoon dried thyme
- Freshly cracked black pepper to taste
Instructions
In a medium sauce pan add all the ingredients.
Over medium heat bring to a gentle boil while stirring occasionally.
Simmer for 5 minutes.
Turn off heat.
Allow to cool completely before storing in an airtight jar.
Keep refrigerated. Keeps fresh up to 14 days.
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